Perhaps it is also a testment to the world and it seeming to change for the worse, moving rapidly towards its imminent fall to darkness.
The obvious thing is that The Silmarillion covers a much larger span of time. Lord of the Rings is a much more specific tale. It gives the account of Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring. There is a single mission at hand - the destruction of the One Ring - and it needs to be carried out as soon as possible. That doesn't leave as much as time for love to be dwelled upon.
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...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.
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